. Handbook of anatomy; being a complete compend of anatomy, including the anatomy of the viscera a chapter on dental anatomy, numerous tables, and incorporating the newer nomenclature adopted by the German anatomical Society, generally designated the Basle nomenclature or BNA . ferior; action, draws the arm backward and downward, or,fixing the arm, raises the lower ribs and draws the trunk for-ward; nerve, subscapular. Second Layer. Levator Anguli Scapulae (m. levator scapulce).—Origin,from three to five tendons from the posterior tubercles of thetransverse processes of the three or five upper


. Handbook of anatomy; being a complete compend of anatomy, including the anatomy of the viscera a chapter on dental anatomy, numerous tables, and incorporating the newer nomenclature adopted by the German anatomical Society, generally designated the Basle nomenclature or BNA . ferior; action, draws the arm backward and downward, or,fixing the arm, raises the lower ribs and draws the trunk for-ward; nerve, subscapular. Second Layer. Levator Anguli Scapulae (m. levator scapulce).—Origin,from three to five tendons from the posterior tubercles of thetransverse processes of the three or five upper cervical vertebrae;insertion, into posterior border of the scapula, at the root of thespine; action, elevates the angle of the scapula; nerve, anteriordivision of the third and! fourth cervical nerves. Ehomboideus Minor.—Origin, from spinous processes ofseventh cervical and first dorsal vertebrae and the ligamentumnuchas; insertion, into root of the spine of the scapula; action, THE MUSCULAE SYSTEM. 139 draws the inferior angle upward and backward; nerves, branchesfrom the fifth cervical nerve. Rhomboidbus Major.—Origin, from supraspinous liga-ment and spinous processes of four or five upper dorsal verte-brae; insertwn. by a tendinous arch attached above near the. Fig. 67. Muscle3 of the back: 1, trapezius; 2, 4, latissimus dorsi; 10. leva-tor anguli scapulae; 11, rhomboioVus minor; 12. rhomboideus major;13, 14, splenius capitis et colli; 15, vertebral aponeurosis; 1G, serratusposticus inferior. -pine and below to the inferior angle of the scapula: action,draw- the inb-rior angle upward and backward; nerves^ the fifth cervical. Third Layer. Serrati - Postk i a Supebiob (//. serratus posterior supe-rior). Orujiii. from spinous processes of the two or three upper 140 HUMAN ANATOMY. dorsal and last cervical vertebras, and from the ligamentumnuchas; insertion, into upper borders of the second to the fifthribs inclusive; action, assists in respiration; nerves, ext


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